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Ghana's scores on the six Worldwide Governance Indicators — voice and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption — as estimates, standard errors and percentile ranks against every other country, year by year since 1996. 36 series covering 1996-2024. Sourced from World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. 936 records.
The newest figures in this dataset are from 2024; the source has published nothing newer. Check the dates before relying on a figure.
Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| series_code | TEXT NOT NULL |
| series_name | TEXT |
| period | TEXT |
| year | INTEGER NOT NULL |
| value | DECIMAL(24,6) |
| source | TEXT |
| series codeTEXT NOT NULL | series nameTEXT | periodTEXT | yearINTEGER NOT NULL | valueDECIMAL(24,6) | sourceTEXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOV_WGI_CC.EST | Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) | 1996 | 1996 | -0.214866 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| GOV_WGI_CC.EST | Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) | 1998 | 1998 | -0.573123 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| GOV_WGI_CC.EST | Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) | 2000 | 2000 | -0.010908 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| GOV_WGI_CC.EST | Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) | 2002 | 2002 | -0.300083 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| GOV_WGI_CC.EST | Control of Corruption - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) | 2003 | 2003 | -0.319415 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
931 more rows — see the plans
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Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (World Bank Open Data). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1996 to 2024; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.
API Ghana. (2026). Governance percentiles (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from World Bank Open Data]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/governance-percentiles
curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/governance_percentiles?page=1&limit=20" \ -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"
const response = await fetch(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/governance_percentiles?page=1&limit=20",
{ headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);
const { data, meta } = await response.json();import os, requests
response = requests.get(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/governance_percentiles",
headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)
rows = response.json()["data"]